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UM ranks 18th among wireless campuses Intel released its Most Unwired Cities survey, which is issued everywhere from airports to overall cities. As part of this year's study, Intel also looked at th...

Penelas visits UM to talk plans for Senate

The UM Council of Democracy welcomed Mayor and U.S. senatorial hopeful Alex Penelas to the Rat last Monday. Penelas, a UM alumnus, has served as Miami-Dade County mayor for eight years. His municipa...

A modest proposal for the new pro baseball season

With baseball back in business, Boston is yet again crying foul and epitomizing hypocrisy. I suppose this is with good reason, as those pesky (yet beloved) Yanks foiled their chances again...if it wer...

CALENDAR

TODAY Don't miss the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority forum discussing the progression of the African American race following the civil rights movement at 8 p.m. in UC 245 as part of Skee Week. WEDNESDAY T...

Beer 101: A learner’s permit for underage drinking

UM students, allow me to introduce you to your new friend, Jennifer Wiley. You see, while the rest of us are still recovering from our spring break hangovers, Ms. Wiley, a 20-year-old intern on the M...

Good News For People Who Like Bad News: MODEST MOUSE’s second album d...

Bred from the Pacific Northwest, the indie trio of Modest Mouse can reference their earlier days to both Calvin Johnson's K Records and Chris Takino's Up Records labels, home to a veritable oasis of r...

Nipping the issue of male circumcision in the bud

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, surgery is "The practice of treating injuries, deformities, and other disorders by manual operation or instrumental appliances." The foreskin of a newborn m...

MUSIC CHILL OUT to music you probably haven’t heard but should’...

In a genre of its own, chill-out distinguishes itself from other musical art forms. Varying from world beats, techno, trip-hop, and electronica, to new age and international beats, chill-out is hard t...

Berlin: ‘Our main goal is to win’

After last season's back-to-back losses to Virginia Tech and Tennessee that broke the Hurricanes' 34-game regular season win streak and kept the 'Canes out of the Sugar Bowl, quarterback Brock Berlin ...

RESTAURANT REVIEW Something smells fishy at appropriately named restaurant

At Big Fish, the only thing more fishy than the entr

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